Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first by the monumental weapons that are part of the American strategic arsenal. Moscow might be more likely to retaliate against Europe with its own theater nuclear weapons rather than against the U.S. with strategic weapons. While the destruction from a theater nuclear exchange would be tremendous, it would still fall far short of the nuclear holocaust that would almost inevitably consume East and West. This reasoning was at the heart of Henry Kissinger's widely noted September speech in Brussels. Kissinger argued that the American strategic arsenal alone cannot be relied upon to defend Europe, since...
...year later the group began discussing specific options. Included were various mixes of Pershing Us, ground-launched cruise missiles and submarine-launched cruises, as well as weapons whose identities are still secret. The U.S. outlined the advantages and disadvantages of each of these items in terms of accuracy, payload, cost and political implications. Clearly, the Pershing II and cruises were the best solution to the new realities. Furthermore, neither was an entirely new system. Neither could be portrayed as a "terror" weapon like the ill-fated neutron warhead, which in the spring of 1978 had alarmed public opinion in Western...
Responding to international appeals, the radical Marxist regime of Viet Nam's ally President Heng Samrin has finally modified its rhetoric about the relief effort. It no longer denounces the effort as a veiled attempt to assist the 20,000 to 30,000 Khmer Rouge guerrillas still fighting the Vietnamese invasion...
...problem seems particularly serious in Shanghai, where twelve platoons of army troops have been sent out to ensure safety on the streets. Still, Liberation Daily reports that young girls are afraid to venture out of their homes to attend classes at night, and that "some criminals have been publicly blocking roads, committing robberies, murders, rapes, and thefts of both public and private property." Several weeks ago, at a rally of 3,000 people in a city gymnasium, six hooligans were sentenced to terms of eight to 13 years for street muggings, burglaries and harassing women...
...play that, because of the court action, threatened to propel West Germany directly into the U.S.-Iranian conflict. Said a finance ministry official in Bonn: "It was a damned stupid thing to do. This is endangering not only our business interests, but the lives of 1,500 West Germans still in Iran...